I_am_Tosk wrote:
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John H wrote:
On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:41:09 -0400, wrote:

On 4/26/11 12:16 PM, NYOB wrote:
On 4/26/11 10:11 AM, John H wrote:
On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:00:01 -0400, wrote:

As an agnostic, I normally don't listen to a lot of religious music, but
Carrie Underwood does a great rendition of this classic Christian song.
To me it highlights how the really GREAT singers are able to express
their emotions and connect with their audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLLMz...layer_embedded
Super job. Thanks.

If I were an agnostic or atheist, I'd just pretend she was singing it
to me.

"How great thou art...(John)"! Works for me.
Nah, I have no problems with people embarrassing Christianity or any
other religion. Their strong beliefs are in no way insulting to me or my
beliefs.
Damn spell check, I meant to say EMBRACING.
I wondered, but I kinda felt the same way about some agnostics and some anti-God atheists. So, I
didn't say anything.
The problem arises when "the religious" attempt/succeed in pushing their
beliefs onto society as a whole. I don't give a damn what the religious
do in their houses of worship or in their families or in their private
institutions.

The problem arises when the agnostic and atheists attack and mock the
little Christian kids because they are uninformed and raised by bigoted
parents who will not allow both sides of the story in any social
activity or association. It's so much easier to justify your bigotry if
you are the only voice...


Indeed, some "little Christian kids" are raised by overzealous, overly
religious, bigoted parents who will not allow their progeny to learn
about reality or even play with kids who do not share their religious
beliefs.

Teaching your children that the world is only about 6000 year old, that
man and dinosaurs were on the earth at the same time*, that evolution is
anathema, well, such hogwash is what certain "little Christian kids"
learn, and when those parents and those kids try to push that crap on
the rest of society, that is where the problems arise.

In the world of reality, there often are not "both sides of the story."
There is what is or was, and then there is ignorance-based superstition.
The sort of religious zealotry that encourages belief in such nonsense
is what starts holy wars.



* There are dioramas at the christian Creation Museum in Kentucky that
actually show man and dinosaurs living amongst each other.